Tihamah coastal plain

E43808
coastal plain geographical region

The Tihamah coastal plain is a hot, low-lying strip of land along the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its extreme climate and historical trade routes.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hejaz and Tihamah coastal belt 1
Red Sea coast 1
Red Sea coastal belt 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal plain ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borders Red Sea ⓘ
boundedBy Red Sea ⓘ
Afro-Arabian Rift System ⓘ
surface form: western escarpment of Arabian Shield
climateType hot desert climate ⓘ
elevationRange near sea level ⓘ
extendsThrough western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
surface form: western Yemen
hasCharacteristic extreme heat ⓘ
high humidity near coast ⓘ
low-lying ⓘ
narrow strip of land ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
sandy plains ⓘ
hasClimate arid ⓘ
hot ⓘ
humid ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity port trade ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Arabic ⓘ
hasNameVariant Tihama ⓘ
Tihamah coastal plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tihamah plain
hasRisk heat-related health stress ⓘ
periodic flooding in wadis ⓘ
hasSettlementType coastal towns ⓘ
fishing villages ⓘ
hasVegetation coastal mangroves in some areas ⓘ
sparse desert vegetation ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean trade

Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea trade network
influences local Red Sea maritime climate ⓘ
knownFor caravan routes to interior of Arabia ⓘ
extreme climate ⓘ
historical trade routes ⓘ
maritime trade along Red Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
locatedOn Red Sea ⓘ
parallelTo Red Sea coast ⓘ
partOf Hejaz ⓘ
surface form: Hejaz region

Red Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea coastal region

Hadhramaut ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni coastal region
runsAlong western Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
traversedBy historic pilgrimage routes to Mecca ⓘ
usedFor agriculture in irrigated areas ⓘ
fishing ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yemeni Highlands → borders → Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → contains → Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
Tihamah coastal plain → hasNameVariant → Tihamah coastal plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tihamah plain
Jeddah → locatedOnCoastOf → Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Sea coast
Jazan Region → partOf → Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejaz and Tihamah coastal belt
Tihamah → partOf → Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal belt